
Karl Dargan: record, next fight and profile →


Unbeaten super lightweight Karl Dargan will face Alfredo Santiago in a 10-round showdown, while exciting super welterweight prospect Travon Marshall duels Marcus Washington in a six-round attraction highlighting non-televised undercard action this Saturday, June 4 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis.

NEWARK, New Jersey – It took Karl Dargan two-plus rounds to get into an offensive groove Saturday night. Once that happened, however, the Philadelphia native gave what was left of the crowd at Prudential Center a memorable knockout. Dargan dropped Ivan Delgado twice during the third round before referee Harvey Dock stopped a scheduled eight-round junior welterweight fight FS1 aired after heavyweight Jonnie Rice upset Michael Coffie in the main ev

NEWARK, New Jersey – Vito Mielnicki Jr. is done with James Martin, just not in the way that the welterweight prospect had hoped. Martin was way over the contracted weight of 147 pounds for what was supposed to be an immediate rematch Saturday night at Prudential Center. Once Mielnicki’s team learned Friday morning that Martin wouldn’t even come close to making 147 pounds, Mielnicki agreed to instead face Noah Kidd in the eight-round co-feature of a “FOX PBC Fight Night” broadcast scheduled to start at 8 p.m. EDT.

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The break Miguel Zamudio took for a low blow lasted longer than his actual fight against Shakhram Giyasov on Saturday night. Once the action resumed in their scheduled six-round welterweight bout, the flashy Giyasov continued hammering Zamudio with head and body shots until Zamudio took a knee. Referee David Fields immediately stopped their fight once Zamudio went to the canvas for the second time in the first round. The time of the stoppage was 2:41.

Now that he's back in action, Dargan (18-1, 9 KOs) isn't burning daylight. He fights again close to home in Atlantic City on Saturday, November 24, on the non-televised undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs. Jean Pascal main event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.

Hard Rock, Atlantic City - Later on the undercard, lightweight Karl Dargan ended a 3½-year layoff by out-boxing Jonathan Perez in an uneventful six-rounder. Philadelphia’s Dargan (18-1, 9 KOs) used his faster hands and athleticism to pepper Perez with jabs and right hands, and won by the same score, 60-54, on all three scorecards. Colombia’s Perez (37-22, 29 KOs, 1 NC) has lost seven of his past eight fights.

Karl Dargan's first loss as a professional boxer in 2015 hit him hard. He ended up at a crossroads in life, considering his future in boxing. Meanwhile, he found success and love outside the ring in the music industry and on reality TV, eventually marrying "Love & Hip Hop" and "R&B Divas" star and recording artist Lil' Mo.

"I didn't know the odds were 7-1 against me, or I would have bet on myself!" laughed Canadian lightweight Tony "Lightning" Luis (19-2, 7 KOs). In the first boxing upset of the new year, Luis picked up the WBC Continental Americas Lightweight Championship and ruined the undefeated record of IBF #15 rated Karl "Dynamite" Dargan (17-1, 9 KOs), last Friday night at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, by way of a 10-round unanimous decision. Luis clearly dominated Dargan and dropped him in rounds three (the referee mistakenly ruled it a slip) and 10 to cap off a very impressive performance.

27-year old Lightweight Tony Luis (19-2, 7 KO) of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, scored two knockdowns, got credit for one, and outclassed previously undefeated 29-year old Karl Dargan (17-1, 9 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a clear 10-round unanimous decision. Luis has been on the receiving end of questionable decisions in the past. Friday night at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut, the judges nailed it. And Luis nailed Dargan. Luis weighed in at 134 ¼, Dargan at 135. The referee was Johnny Callas. Moving and boxing, Dargan appeared to control the first two rounds. In the third, a leaping shot from Luis ended with Dargan spilling to the floor. Referee Johnny Callas ruled it a slip but replays showed otherwise. Luis kept that offensive momentum in the next two rounds. Staying close, Luis went to work and controlled Dargan at close quarters. Dargan tried to counter in spots but Luis had seized a clear edge as the fight hit the halfway mark after five.